Celebrate Girl Day with AAUW: Enter Our Battle of the Plans!

Engineering is one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States, so why are only 13 percent of professional engineers women? One reason is that not many girls learn about engineering in the K–12 classroom. That’s why DiscoverE (formerly known as Engineers Week) created Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, now called Girl Day.

To help celebrate, AAUW is inviting teachers and other educators with K–12 experience to submit lesson plans for our second annual Battle of the Plans contest. Make sure you share the contest with teachers you know. You can also encourage teachers to use last year’s winning plan with their students. And don’t forget to tell the girls in your life about their amazing potential as future engineers!

To enter the contest, submit a K–12 lesson plan that incorporates engineering skills and knowledge into a diverse range of subjects in fun, creative ways. Lesson plans must

Make engineering relevant to a subject taught in K–12 schools

Be appropriate to your students’ age and grade level

Be 1,000 words or less

Be your original work (You don’t need to create a lesson plan solely for the contest. Tried-and-true plans are encouraged!)

By submitting your lesson plan to this contest, you grant AAUW permission to publish your plan online, along with your full name.

One winner, whose lesson plan shows thoughtfulness, creativity, and originality, will receive a $300 Visa gift card to spend on classroom supplies to continue to introduce students to engineering. AAUW will announce the winner on Girl Day, February 20, 2014.